Wednesday, September 24, 2008

I'm seriously considering selling my iPhone over Apple's recent behavior toward developers, even knowing it would make an insignificant dent in their value. Rejecting applications that reduce iTunes lock-in is bad, but forbidding discussion of rejection decisions themselves is completely unconscionable. Bravo, Apple--you've one-upped the worst possible future for computing I had previously imagined.

6 comments:

ambrosia ananas said...

Wow. Nice one, Apple.

Peter said...

Android? The G1 is looking like a pretty attractive alternative, right now. I hate the on-screen keyboard anyway.

bawb said...

Yeah, I'd love a slide-out keyboard. Wikipedia: T-Mobile G1 says it's only available for T-Mobile at this point, though, and we're contracted with AT&T through my family for a good while.

Happily, we've found my old clamshell, so I do have something to hold me over in the interim.

Lunkwill said...

Yeah, I can't stand cell phone contracts. There's something wrong when people sign up for a service with known horrible customer service and agree to pay them a significant sum of money if they ever want to stop being a customer.

I like my prepaid phone. Doesn't have the fancy add-ons, but I never have to spend hours on hold, speak to a patronizing piece of software, or wring my hands over hundreds of dollars of bogus charges.

bawb said...

Yeah, that's sounding really nice right now.

I think I might just give my iPhone to 'Brozy instead of getting her an iPod. That way I'm meaningfully hurting Apple.

bawb said...

noooooo now what will I complain about